PART IV

1. Who became 1st woman officer to be posted at BRO

• Surbhi Jakhmola

BRO: Border Road Organization
• Founded: 1960
• HQ → New Delhi
• Under → Defence Ministry

2. Which Country scripted history by defeating Sri Lanka by the largest-ever margin of 317 runs in the ODI?

• India

3. PM Modi announced _______ project to provide medical supplies to developing nations in crisis

• Aarogya Maitri

Revision

• Vaccine Maitri Initiative → India Supplied Made In IND Vaccine To Over 100 Nations

4. In which city will India’s 1st Centre of Excellence in online gaming be set up

• Shillong

• India’s 1st Centre of Excellence (CoE) of online gaming
  • Will be set up in → Shillong, Meghalaya
  • Announced By: Rajeev Chandrasekhar (MoS for MeitY)

5. Who Has Launched ‘The MAARG portal for startup mentorship

• Piyush Goyal
• MAARG platform (Mentorship, Advisory, Assistance, Resilience, and Growth)
• Launched By → Piyush Goyal (Commerce & industry minister)

6. Falak Mumtaz Won Which Medal At ‘National Sqay Championship”

• Gold
• Falak Mumtaz: From Jammu Kashmir

7. According to Economic Survey 2022-23, India’s Foreign Exchange Reserve Is _ Billion$?

• 562.72 B$
• INDIA: Was 6th Largest Foreign Exchange Reserve Holder (*Data By IMF)
• Top → China

8. ICG Ship ‘Kamla Devi’, Has Been Commissioned at_________?

• Kolkata
• ICG Ship ‘Kamla Devi’ → Fifth and Last vessel of FPV (Fast Patrol Vessel) Series.

9. “Saharsh” Special Education Program Launched by Which State Govt?

• Tripura
• CM: Manik Saha
• Gov : Satyadeo Narain Arya.

10. Mongeet Festival Has Been Celebrated In Which State Recently?

• Assam
• Mongeet Festival: Festival of Music, Culture, and Food
• Celebrated In → Majuli (World’Largest River Island)

11. Paigah Tombs Is Located in which Of the following city?

• Hyderabad
• Paigah tombs or Maqhbara Shams alUmara
• Located in → Hyderabad
• Why In News: USA Govt Announced $250K For Its Conservation

12. Which district became 1st Indian district to implement innovative 5G use cases proposed by startups?

• Vidisha
• Vidisha Dist → Madhya Pradesh

13. Which Country appointed Sonia Guajajara as the first minister of the Ministry of Indigenous People?

• Brazil

14. Who Is The Author Of The Book “Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom”?

• Sanjeev Sanyal
• Released By: Home Minister → Amit Shah

15. ‘Saarang 2023’ India’s Largest Student-Run Festival Celebrated In____?

• . IIT Madras

16. Who Is The Author Of The Book ‘Jaadunama’?

• Arvind Mandloi
• Jaadunama’s Book Is Written On → Veteran Lyricist ‘Javed Akhtar’

17. Who has been named NASA’s new chief technologist?

• A C Charania
• Indian-American space expert

18. VSHORAD Missile System has been Designed & Developed by_____?

• DRDO
• VSHORAD (Very Short Range Air Defence System) → Surface-to-air missiles
  • Designed & Developed by: DRDO
  • Why In News: Defence Acquisition Council
• Approved To Purchase

19. When Is “National Youth Day” Celebrated Every Year

• 12 Jan

• Celebrated On The → Birth anniversary of “Swami Vivekananda”
• Theme 2023: Viksit Yuva – Viksit Bharat (Developed Youth – Developed India)
• Swami Vivekananda: Indian philosopher
• Born: 12 Jan 1863 @ Kolkata
• He introduced Hinduism → At “The Parliament of the
• World’s Religions” » In Chicago in 1893

20. Who has been appointed as the new global business head of Meta in India?

• Vikas Purohit

Meta: Parent Of Facebook

• HQ → USA
• Founder & CEO → Mark Zuckerberg

21. Rose Christiane Raponda Appointed As First Female Vice-president Of Which Country?

• Gabon
• Rose Christiane Raponda : She Was Also 1st Female PM Of Gabon
  • Gabon PM → Alain Claude Bilie
  • Capital : Libreville

22. Who became the official sponsor of the Indian cricket team?

• Kewal Kiran Clothing Ltd
• Indian Cricket Team
  • Captain: Rohit Sharma
  • Coach: Rahul Dravid

23. When Is National Science Day Celebrated Every Year

• 28th Feb

• Theme 2023: “Global Science for Global Wellbeing”
• Sir CV Raman: Indian Scientists
• 28 February 1928: Sir CV Raman → Discovered “Raman Effect”
• Nobel Prize → 1930 » For Discovering “Raman Effect”
• Bharat Ratna → 1954

24. Which city was the most polluted city in India in 2022?

• Delhi

• According To → Central Pollution Control Board
• Most Polluted Cities In IND @ 2022

1. Delhi
2. Faridabad, Haryana
3. Ghaziabad, UP

25. Who became the fastest player to reach 1,500 runs in T20I cricket in terms of balls faced?

• Suryakumar Yadav

• In 843 Balls → Fastest 1500 T20I Runs

26. Kīlauea is an active shield volcano, Which Is lacated in_______?

• Hawaii Islands

Why In News

• Volcanic Eruption 🌋
  • Mauna Loa → World’s Largest Active
  • Volcano → Hawaii Islands

27. Who became the 1st female Sikh judge of USA?

• Manpreet Monica Singh

28. Recently Which State’s Joshimath declared a landslide-subsidence zone

• Uttrakhand

• Joshimath: Located In Chamoli District (UK)

29. Which State became IND’s first fully digital banking state?

• Kerala

30. Who has been conferred with ‘Award for Global Leadership’

• DY Chandrachud

Given by → Harvard Law School Center

• D.Y. Chandrachud : 50th Chief Justice Of INDIA